baisemain

\bɛz.mɛ̃\

/\bɛz.mɛ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“baisemain” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Hommage que le vassal rend au seigneur du fief en lui baisant la main.

Corpus desk

Index FR-baisemain · baisemain · French

baisemain · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "B" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for baisemain
PropertyValue
Headwordbaisemain
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bɛz.mɛ̃\
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “baisemain” sits in French frequency

baisemain falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

baisemain is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bɛz.mɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for baisemain, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is baisemain, spelled B-A-I-S-E-M-A-I-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Hommage que le vassal rend au seigneur du fief en lui baisant la main.
  2. 2
    Geste de politesse qui consiste à baiser la main d’une dame pour la saluer ou pour prendre congé d’elle.

This word in other languages

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "baisemain"?
"baisemain" is spelled B-A-I-S-E-M-A-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is \bɛz.mɛ̃\.
What does "baisemain" mean?
As a noun, "baisemain" means: Hommage que le vassal rend au seigneur du fief en lui baisant la main.
How do you pronounce "baisemain"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "baisemain" is \bɛz.mɛ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "baisemain" come from?
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list